come through

verb

came through; come through; coming through; comes through

intransitive verb

1
: to do what is needed or expected
came through in the clutch
2
a
: to be expressed
a writer whose personality comes through clearly in her writing
b
: to be communicated
a message that came through loud and clear
With the press of a tiny button on the aid, sound comes through to people with impaired hearing with even greater clarity than can be heard by someone with normal hearing.Jane E. Brody

Examples of come through in a Sentence

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But the nonprofits were pleased with the 2025 session, which came through months of persistent lobbying and testimony at the state Capital. Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2025 Their only awareness of the incident came through people knocking on their door asking for interviews and eventually the FBI sharing what had happened. Alexandra Koch , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2025 After a Louisville pitching change, Renzo Gonzalez came through with an RBI single through the left side, bringing home Gonzalez Jr. and putting Miami back into the lead, 6-5. Miami Herald, 8 June 2025 This is followed by Jupiter’s ingress into this Water sign on June 9, where expansion comes through nurture, intuition and forming deeper bonds on the homefront. Valerie Mesa, People.com, 6 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for come through

Word History

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of come through was in 1906

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“Come through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20through. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.

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